Summary
PETER CUNNINGHAM is right (Mail): it is almost certainly true that wind and wave power, even in combination with our only other natural energy sources our fastdwindling peat and gas reserves will not be enough to supply our energy needs.
And after the summer we've had, it would take a brave man to speak up in favour of solar power.See the full content of this document
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Our Most Plentiful Resource: The Rain
Biomass and sustainable wood energy could contribute, but would have significant environmental implications virtually the entire country would have to be turned over to fields and fields of rape and plantations of acidifying sitka spruce.
Nor is there further scope for significant hydroelectric schemes, though we could develop many small hydro generators.The upshot, Mr Cunningham argues, is tha...See the full content of this document
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